Title: Tennis Masters Cup
Description: Shanghai
Description: Shanghai
MissSospanFach - November 11, 2007 08:52 PM (GMT)
MissSospanFach - November 11, 2007 08:53 PM (GMT)
Sunday, 11 November 2007
Doubles Round Robin
(4)Damm/Paes d (6)Bjorkman/Mirnyi 64 61
(8)Erlich/Ram d (2)Hanley/Ullyett 76(1) 36 14-12 (Match TB) - Saved 1 M.P.
Doubles Round Robin
(4)Damm/Paes d (6)Bjorkman/Mirnyi 64 61
(8)Erlich/Ram d (2)Hanley/Ullyett 76(1) 36 14-12 (Match TB) - Saved 1 M.P.
MissSospanFach - November 12, 2007 07:13 PM (GMT)
Monday, November 12, 2007
Doubles Round Robin
(1)Knowles/Nestor d (7)Clement/Llodra 26 75 10-5 (Match TB) - 2 M.P.
(3)Aspelin/Knowle d (5)Dlouhy/Vizner 76(4) 62
Doubles Round Robin
(1)Knowles/Nestor d (7)Clement/Llodra 26 75 10-5 (Match TB) - 2 M.P.
(3)Aspelin/Knowle d (5)Dlouhy/Vizner 76(4) 62
Dinky Jo - November 12, 2007 07:24 PM (GMT)
I really thought it was all gonna go very badly for Knowles and Nestor for a bit, but they seemed to pull it together :ok:
MissSospanFach - November 13, 2007 08:38 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Dinky Jo @ Nov 12 2007, 08:24 PM) |
| I really thought it was all gonna go very badly for Knowles and Nestor for a bit, but they seemed to pull it together :ok: |
Yeah, I thought the same!
MissSospanFach - November 13, 2007 08:40 PM (GMT)
Tuesday, 13 November
Doubles Round Robin
(2)Hanley/Ullyett d (6)Bjorkman/Mirnyi 76(3) 64
(4)Damm/Paes d (8)Erlich/Ram 64 75
Doubles Round Robin
(2)Hanley/Ullyett d (6)Bjorkman/Mirnyi 76(3) 64
(4)Damm/Paes d (8)Erlich/Ram 64 75
MissSospanFach - November 14, 2007 07:37 PM (GMT)
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Doubles Round Robin
(5)Dlouhy/Vizner (CZE) d (7)Clement/Llodra 36 63 10-5 (Match TB)
(1)Knowles/Nestor d (3)Aspelin/Knowle 63 75
Doubles Round Robin
(5)Dlouhy/Vizner (CZE) d (7)Clement/Llodra 36 63 10-5 (Match TB)
(1)Knowles/Nestor d (3)Aspelin/Knowle 63 75
MissSospanFach - November 15, 2007 09:04 PM (GMT)
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Doubles Round Robin
(2)Hanley/Ullyett d (4)Damm/Paes 63 64
(6)Bjorkman/Mirnyi d (8)Erlich/Ram 64 36 10-7 (Match TB)
Doubles Round Robin
(2)Hanley/Ullyett d (4)Damm/Paes 63 64
(6)Bjorkman/Mirnyi d (8)Erlich/Ram 64 36 10-7 (Match TB)
MissSospanFach - November 16, 2007 05:59 PM (GMT)
Friday, November 16, 2007
Doubles Round Robin
(5)Dlouhy/Vizner d (1)Knowles/Nestor 63 46 11-9 (Match TB)
(3)Aspelin/Knowle d (7)Clement/Llodra 76(3) 76(5)
Doubles Round Robin
(5)Dlouhy/Vizner d (1)Knowles/Nestor 63 46 11-9 (Match TB)
(3)Aspelin/Knowle d (7)Clement/Llodra 76(3) 76(5)
MissSospanFach - November 17, 2007 09:51 PM (GMT)
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Doubles - Semifinals
(1)Knowles/Nestor d (2)Hanley/Ullyett 63 67(8) 10-5 (Match TB)
(3)Aspelin/Knowle d (4)Damm/Paes 64 64
Doubles - Semifinals
(1)Knowles/Nestor d (2)Hanley/Ullyett 63 67(8) 10-5 (Match TB)
(3)Aspelin/Knowle d (4)Damm/Paes 64 64
MissSospanFach - November 18, 2007 10:38 AM (GMT)
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Doubles - Final
(1)Knowles/Nestor d (3)Aspelin/Knowle 62 63
So Knowles and Nestor get a fairytale ending to their partnership. They must be questionning whether the decision to split was the right one!
Doubles - Final
(1)Knowles/Nestor d (3)Aspelin/Knowle 62 63
So Knowles and Nestor get a fairytale ending to their partnership. They must be questionning whether the decision to split was the right one!
Miss Suzi - November 18, 2007 12:27 PM (GMT)
:) That will be the ...forever eternal question..... but it has been a splendid partnership all along for tennis specifically.... maybe its one of those things....off court there maybe some unsurmountable difficulties....
but yeah.... :ok: good show cause Asp/knowle were on fire coming in...in taking out Dam/paes... :)
..... :( ...so...till 2008...... ... :) but a good year 2007 was with interesting
divorces...and new found loves... :)
but yeah.... :ok: good show cause Asp/knowle were on fire coming in...in taking out Dam/paes... :)
..... :( ...so...till 2008...... ... :) but a good year 2007 was with interesting
divorces...and new found loves... :)
mightyjeditribble - November 18, 2007 05:55 PM (GMT)
I still thought it was a pity that Max and Jonas did not pass the group stages ... :(
As far as I understand, they will be going separate ways as well.
Good win for Knowles and Nestor though. :clap:
As far as I understand, they will be going separate ways as well.
Good win for Knowles and Nestor though. :clap:
MissSospanFach - November 18, 2007 10:21 PM (GMT)
Taken from the Masters Cup website..
Knowles & Nestor Part as Masters Cup Champions
Playing their final match together, Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor clinched one of the biggest titles to have previously eluded them when they defeated US Open champions Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle 6-2, 6-3 in the Tennis Masters Cup final. It was their ninth appearance at the circuit finale and their third appearance in the final. Last year they finished runner-up to Bjorkman/Mirnyi.
The victory also marked Nestor's 50th career doubles title, Knowles' 47th and their 40th team title. The team, which also won the Australian Open (2002) and US Open (2004), disbands having failed by one match to complete a career Grand Slam. (In 2002 Knowles and Nestor reached the Wimbledon final.)
The duo has won an ATP title together in 13 of the last 14 years and finished as the No. 1 team in 2002 and 2004.
Knowles and Nestor have played with different players since ending their longterm partnership after the US Open. Soon after announcing their decision to split earlier in the year, Knowles and Nestor won Roland Garros. (They began the year without winning a title in their first 13 tournaments.)
Their success in Paris prompted the players to delay their split until after Flushing Meadows, when Nestor began teaming with Nenad Zimonjic and Knowles played with a variety of partners after his planned partnership with Mahesh Bhupathi was derailed by injury.
Nestor was in particulalry devastating form. His returns kept Aspelin and Knowle on the back foot and on serve he was virtually untouchable. The Canadian did not drop a point in his first four service games and, after going down 0/30 in his fifth service game, reeled off four straight points to close out the match.
Nestor said: "We played a great match. Everything was clicking today: serves, returns. Pretty much the way you want to end a season. I don't know what more to say. We played unbelievable. It's, you know, a huge win for us, one title that has eluded us. It's been a very good year."
Knowles said: "We're a great team. Really it always makes it even more special to put it together in a final. We played probably one of our best matches of the week. Just a great way to end the year."
Knowles will begin the 2008 season with Indian Mahesh Bhupathi and Nestor will continue his new partnership with Serb Nenad Zimonjic. Asked whether this was truly the end of their remakable partnership, Nestor said: "There's always second thoughts. Whenever you make a decision, you know, nothing's ever... For me at least, I'm not a great decision person. You know, right now we have different partners heading into next year. But I'm not going to start thinking about the future or make any predictions or this and that. I don't know. I don't know what more to say. Seems like every time I have said something about this subject I've gotten myself into trouble, so I'll just leave it at that."
Knowles & Nestor Part as Masters Cup Champions
Playing their final match together, Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor clinched one of the biggest titles to have previously eluded them when they defeated US Open champions Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle 6-2, 6-3 in the Tennis Masters Cup final. It was their ninth appearance at the circuit finale and their third appearance in the final. Last year they finished runner-up to Bjorkman/Mirnyi.
The victory also marked Nestor's 50th career doubles title, Knowles' 47th and their 40th team title. The team, which also won the Australian Open (2002) and US Open (2004), disbands having failed by one match to complete a career Grand Slam. (In 2002 Knowles and Nestor reached the Wimbledon final.)
The duo has won an ATP title together in 13 of the last 14 years and finished as the No. 1 team in 2002 and 2004.
Knowles and Nestor have played with different players since ending their longterm partnership after the US Open. Soon after announcing their decision to split earlier in the year, Knowles and Nestor won Roland Garros. (They began the year without winning a title in their first 13 tournaments.)
Their success in Paris prompted the players to delay their split until after Flushing Meadows, when Nestor began teaming with Nenad Zimonjic and Knowles played with a variety of partners after his planned partnership with Mahesh Bhupathi was derailed by injury.
Nestor was in particulalry devastating form. His returns kept Aspelin and Knowle on the back foot and on serve he was virtually untouchable. The Canadian did not drop a point in his first four service games and, after going down 0/30 in his fifth service game, reeled off four straight points to close out the match.
Nestor said: "We played a great match. Everything was clicking today: serves, returns. Pretty much the way you want to end a season. I don't know what more to say. We played unbelievable. It's, you know, a huge win for us, one title that has eluded us. It's been a very good year."
Knowles said: "We're a great team. Really it always makes it even more special to put it together in a final. We played probably one of our best matches of the week. Just a great way to end the year."
Knowles will begin the 2008 season with Indian Mahesh Bhupathi and Nestor will continue his new partnership with Serb Nenad Zimonjic. Asked whether this was truly the end of their remakable partnership, Nestor said: "There's always second thoughts. Whenever you make a decision, you know, nothing's ever... For me at least, I'm not a great decision person. You know, right now we have different partners heading into next year. But I'm not going to start thinking about the future or make any predictions or this and that. I don't know. I don't know what more to say. Seems like every time I have said something about this subject I've gotten myself into trouble, so I'll just leave it at that."